Broom-rack



(No Model.) v I. W. MAYBE..

BROOM RACK. Y No. 549,807l` .Patented Nov. 12, 1895.

- I INVENTOR WITNESSES glttorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM MAYER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

BROOM-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,807, dated November 12, 1895.

Application filed April 3, 1895. Serial No. 544,316. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM MAYER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-Racks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which forms a part of this specification.

The figure of the drawing is a representation of the invention and is a perspective view.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in broom-racks designed for' use in stores where brooms are displayed and sold, the object being to provide a strong, durable, inexpensive, and convenient rack which may be hung from the ceiling in any convenient part of the store and which will hold the brooms out of the way and in such position that they are properly displayed and their shape uninjured.

With this obj ect in view the invention consists in the novel construction and oo1nbina tion of parts, all as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, the letterA designates two parallel longitudinal bars, to which are attached a series of upwardly-extending legs B, having at their upper ends suitable feet b, by means of which the device is secured to the ,ceiling Said bars A-A are each made in three sections, each of which has one of the legs a.

In setting up the rack the end sections are so placed that their inner ends are separated a short distance from the adjacent ends of the central section. Connecting the ends of the several sections are transverse bars B,

i which extend laterally of the bars A A to a considerable distance. The handles of the brooms are inserted downbetween the pairs of these bars, which form supports therefor` in the manner shown. The end of each transverse bar has an upward projection c, these projections forming lateral guides for the brooms.

The invention also provides a supplemental rack especially designed for holding mops or small brooms. This device consists of four legs D, each of which is formed at its upper end with a broad hook d, arranged to engage two over the central section of each bar A. Each pair of these legs supports a transverse bar E, and the two of said bars are arranged in the same relation to each other as are the bars B, comprising the holders of the main portion of the rack. When this supplemental rack is not desired, it can be removed by disengagng the hooks CZ. The entire rack will usually be built up from bar-iron bent or welded into the form described. It may, however, be made from gas-pipe sections and iittings. A.

When a larger rack is desired than that described, additional sections of the bars A A may be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The herein described suspension broom rack, comprising the parallel sectional bars, the adjacent ends of the sections being spaced from each other, the supporting legs for said sections, and the transverse laterally extended bars connecting the bars at the adja cent ends of the sections and forming the broom supports, said transverse bars having guards at their ends, substantially as speci fled.

2. The herein described suspension broom rack, comprising the parallel bars A, A, formed in independent sections spaced from each other, the suspension legs attached to said sections, the transverse laterally extended bars B, B, at the adjacent ends of the sections and forming the broom supports, and the supplemental rack comprising the legs having hooks adapted to engage the said bars, and the parallel broom holding bars E supported by said legs, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WM. MAYER. Witnesses:

R. E. KING, WALLACE G. MILLER. 

